“Could you imagine what the bill would be for treatment? It’s a lot,” Rains said.

She isn’t the only one struggling.

Naomi Ramos was hospitalized last year after complications from surgery.

“I probably have medical bills up over $150,000 right now that haven’t been paid that should have been paid,” Ramos said.

The City of Prague is suing Empower HMS and its CEO Jorge Perez, who we found are being sued by several of their rural hospitals around the country for the same things: not paying employees or their bills.

“To me he’s low life scum to be able to hurt people like this, and it’s like it doesn’t even bother him because he continues to do it,” Rains said.

Supplies and donations are literally rolling in from people in the community, desperate to keep the doors open at the only emergency room for 20 miles.